Identification

Title

SeaVoX regional seas around the UK

Abstract

A polygon subset of sea areas around the UK taken from The SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer (v14 published April 2013). Sea areas included are Iceland Sea, Norwegian Sea, North Sea, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, Irish Sea and St. George's Channel, Bristol Channel, English Channel, Celtic Sea, Bay of Biscay and Skagerrak.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/download/asset/225/generic/

description: A link to the web service or dataset

Unique resource identifier

code

medin0003

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Additional information source

http://portal.oceannet.org/search/full/catalogue/dassh.ac.uk__MEDIN_2.3__5b8eddac7f3206685b2d84a10035ae74.xml

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2008-01-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009-11-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-30.0000

East bounding longitude

26.0000

North bounding latitude

76.5000

South bounding latitude

43.0000

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Eastern Channel

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Western Channel and Celtic Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Irish Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Southern North Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Northern North Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Minches & Western Scotland

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Scottish Continental Shelf

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Rockall Trough & Bank

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Faroe-Shetland Channel

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Atlantic North West Approaches

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

Bay of Biscay

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

Bristol Channel

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

English Channel

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

Irish Sea and St. George's Channel

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

North Atlantic Ocean

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

North Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

Norwegian Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1954-01-01

code identifying the extent

Skagerrak

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

effective date

code identifying the extent

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

0000-00-00

End position

2019-03-19

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-02-18

date type

creation

effective date

2013-02-18

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

A polygon dataset created as a subset of the SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer. The full worldwide SeaVoX polygon dataset can be accessed at http://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php#seavox

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

unrestricted

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Core Team

organisation name

Marine Environmental Data and Information Network

email address

enquiries@oceannet.org

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Core Team

organisation name

Marine Environmental Data and Information Network

email address

enquiries@oceannet.org

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Core Team

organisation name

Marine Environmental Data and Information Network

email address

enquiries@oceannet.org

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2019-03-19

Metadata language